Horse-collar



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- HORACE VAN WAGONER, yOE NEWARK,l NEW JERSEY.. I

HORSE-COLLAR] v SPECIFICATION refining part of Letters Patent No. 381,191,` eaten- Aprn 17, icas'.

Application filed June 21.1881'. serial No. 241,963. (No motel.) Y y To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatl, HORACE VAN WAGON- ER, a citizen of the United States, Aresiding at Newark, in -the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and' useful Improvementsin Horse'Collars; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, .-fclear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to [O which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In said drawings, Figure lis a one-halfNsec- I5 tion of a horse-collar embodying my improvements, and showing a section of .a chain core 4designed to aid the hollow body in sustaining the pressure to which it may be subjected in compressing the plastic covering thereon, and

zo afterv which saidcore is'drawn therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a View of the hollow body, which is y formed of tin or other sheet metal o r material, vin which the chain or other suitable core is placedfor keepingl said body in shape while e subjected to pressure, as above stated.` Fig.

3 is a view of the chain core as it is folded together when placed in said body. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the `collar and core inthe line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an edge view of 3o a section of the chain core withdrawn from the' collar; and Fig. 6 is a section similar'to Fig. 4, but showing the tin body extending into the roll of the collar, the chain core not being shown. Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

. My invention consists in constructing a col.-

- lar combining thereina tubular orhollow body,

, C, composed of tin or other sheet metal or ap- 40 propriate material, and covering the samewith f leather-pulp, Celluloid, or other suitable materials, as A, Figs. 1 and 4, which is laid on said tubular or hollowr body and then sub-.

jected to more or less pressure in dies or molds of the required configuration and strength, in order to compress and solidify the same, as will be hereinaftermore particularly set forth,

. and finally pointed out inthe clauses of lthe claim, the object ofthe invention being to'make 5o the collar as light aspossible, to obtain greater I strength, a hard and smooth wearing-surface,

f iL l as well as economy in material and labor in: the 1` manufacture'of the said collar, Y.anda 'n on-abl-jY sorbent of perspiration. These qualities Vare obtained in a horsc-collarin the use of certain plastic materialsa'pplied to a hollow corea"k construction which in most cases requires the v,

employment of greatpressure. In'v order to; secure the desired resultsrupon a hollow kbody made of tinV orother sheet metal, I 'sometimes V6o' employ an extensible filling or core-chain, B, adapted to be inserted within kthe hollow7 body and to be removed therefrom after the pressure is withdrawn. Said core when placed within the hollowbody conformsto the inte-v, 651,.-

rior outlines or configurations thereof, and

thus allows the said hollow body to sustain;l

whatever pressure is necessary, or-,that to whichL it may beisubjected in covering the same. d y

In certain cases certain plastic materials'may be usedwhich may not require-any more press.

ure than the metalbody will sustain' without an extensible filling, in which -event thecorev or-lling may be dispensedwith, inallcases, 475

however, producing a horsecollar combining therein a tubular body anda plastic covering' v that when dry will be hard and have a smooth j surface impervious to perspiration and of great strength, as is the desired end. 86A t,

vThe invention is carried out by striking out the hollow body C, as indicated in Figs. Zand 4, in twoparts together, as willbe understood, v after which I make molds or dies to conform as indicated in Figs. l, 4,- and 6, andof sufcient strength to withstand -the pressure Yre-l quired vto compress and solidify the plastic- 'f material with which the hollow body is coveflrst 9o the collar d, Fig. A, andthe whole piacedin i the mold or dies and subjected to the required pressure. Said mold or dies are made'irftwo or more sections, divided' lengthwise and capable of sustaining any pressure which maybe necessary to Compress and solidify' the mate-i' Ibo? lto the shape and size of the collar when yfinished, 8 5 l i A rial, and when said mold is partedthe collar may be readily removed therefrom, as will be understood.

The collar is made in two parts-one as A and the other a reverse half of like construction-the two being hinged together at the top in a manner well known to collar-makers. In the construction of said core-chain the center links, b b, are simply straight links uniform in width and thickness throughout, which, together with rivets c c, hold together links a a, which latter are so shaped as that when folded together they form a core corresponding in shape and dimensions wit-h the hollow interior of the body of the collar, and which, after they have performed their service within said collar, may be withdrawn therefrom by unfolding from either end of the section of the collar," as represented in Figs. 1 and 5.

Instead of using a chain core, as herein shown and described, the hollow body may be filled with water, or with sand or any other granulated materials, to enable it to withstand the required pressure, and which may readily be removed after the collar is taken from the y molds, as will be obvious.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A horse-collar such as herein described,

combining therein a hollow sheet-metal body and a 4coating or covering of celluloid or other analogousmaterial formed thereon, substan- ,tially as described, for the purposes set forth. 2. The method herein set forth of making `horse-collars-to wit, forming by means of suitable dies a hollow body composed of tin or other appropriate material, then covering the'samewith a coating of plastic material,

and subjecting the same to pressure in suitable molds or dies, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The method herein set forth of making horse-collars-to Wit, forming by means of suitable dies a hollow body composed of tin or other appropriate material, filling said body with a removable core to enable it to` HORACE VAN WAGoNER.

Witnesses:

OLIVER BRAKE, CHARLES H. PELL. 

